An evening with New Hampshire Poets
The Stephenson Library in Greenfield will sponsor a reading on April 11 at 7pm to celebrate Poetry Month. Headlining the event are two well known poets: Meg Kearney and Rodger Martin. The first five poets to respond to this message will also have a chance to read.
Meg Kearney, Founding Director of the Solstice Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. For eleven years prior to joining Pine Manor, she was Associate Director of the National Book Foundation (sponsor of the National Book Awards) in New York City. She also taught poetry at the New School University.
Rodger Martin, Keene State University
Rodger Martin’s latest volume of poetry, The Battlefield Guide, (Hobblebush Books: 2010) follows the selection of The Blue Moon Series, (Hobblebush Books: 2007) by Small Press Review as one of its bi-monthly picks of the year. He is a New Hampshire State Council on the Arts in Education roster artist and also a touring artist for the New England States Touring Foundation administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.